United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2014

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United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, At-large district, 2014
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Nominee Don Young Forrest Dunbar Jim McDermott
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote 142,572 114,602 21,290
Percentage 50.97% 40.97% 7.61%
Representative At-large before election

Don Young
Republican

 Elected Representative At-large

Don Young
Republican
Elections in Alaska
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The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. Representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Alaska in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a Class II U.S. Senator and the Governor of Alaska, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Don Young ran for re-election to a twenty-second term in office. He won the Republican primary and then defeated Democratic attorney Forrest Dunbar and Libertarian business professor Jim McDermott in the general election. Young was the only statewide official in Alaska who was re-elected in 2014, as Republican Governor Sean Parnell and Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich were both defeated by their respective challengers.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • John Cox, retired naval officer and candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012[2]
  • David Dohner, write-in candidate for the seat in 2012[2]
  • David Seaward, former Mayor of Seward[3]
  • Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative[4]

Primary results

Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Young 79,393 74.29
Republican John Cox 14,497 13.57
Republican David Seaward 7,604 7.12
Republican David Dohner 5,373 5.03
Total votes 106,867 100

Democratic-Libertarian-Independence primary

Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.

Democratic candidates

Declared

  • Forrest Dunbar, attorney[6]
  • Frank Vondersaar, attorney, engineer and perennial candidate[2]

Withdrew

  • Matt Moore, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012[2][7]

Declined

Libertarian candidates

Declared

  • Jim McDermott, business professor and nominee for the seat in 2012[9]

Primary results

Democratic-Libertarian-Independence primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Forrest Dunbar 38,735 63.19
Libertarian Jim McDermott 13,437 21.92
Democratic Frank Vondersaar 9,132 14.90
Total votes 61,304 100

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Don
Young (R)		 Forrest
Dunbar (D)		 Jim
McDermott (L)		 Undecided
Public Policy Polling November 1–2, 2014 1,052 ± 3% 47% 41% 6% 6%
Moore Information October 24–26, 2014 544 ± ?% 44% 43% 10% 4%
Hellenthal & Associates October 15–21, 2014 403 ± 4.88% 51.9% 35.2% 6.1% 6.8%
Public Policy Polling September 18–21, 2014 880 ± 3.3% 48% 33% 9% 11%

Results

Alaska's At-large Congressional district election, 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Young (inc.) 142,572 50.97
Democratic Forrest Dunbar 114,602 40.97
Libertarian Jim McDermott 21,290 7.61
Write-ins Others 1,277 0.46
Majority 27,970 10%
Total votes 279,741 100
Republican hold

References

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External links

Official campaign websites
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